Four candidates qualify for Murfreesboro elections

10:06 PM,
Nov. 23, 2013

Madelyn Scales Harris

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Four candidates for the city's April 15 election had qualified by 1:45 p.m. Friday , according to the Rutherford County Election Commission.

They included mayoral candidate Shane McFarland, who serves on the Murfreesboro City Council; Councilwoman Madelyn Scales Harris, who seeks to keep her seat; council candidate Candy Roberts Joyce; and City Board of Education candidate Novonda Lilly.

"Over the last month and half we have just been been getting organized, and we are really excited," said McFarland, a councilman since 2006. "The response has been extremely positive. We are looking ...